Sunsets Amritapuri, India

Vedavati took sunset pictures on two days within a week‘s time. They were very different from each other.

Rishikesh Monkeys

A friend in Rishikesh sent me this cool video of a parent and child. Can’t help but make me smile.

Ralph’s Buddy

Ralph has been showing up with a little friend. His friend doesn’t know the way’s of the world yet so he’s a little more cautious. Here he is hanging out in a tree. We haven’t settled on a name for him yet. He’s pretty cute though.

Nirmala (AKA Gavi) and Carlos’ Boat Journey to the San Juan Islands (US) and the Gulf Islands (Canada) August 2022

Picture is showing sandstone formations known as Malaspina Galleries on Galiano Island,

The next three photos were taken from the top of Mt Galiano in the Gulf Islands in Canada.

A day on Stuart Island, hiking six miles to lighthouse and back to boat. The photos below are from that day.

North Carolina Waterfall

Here are some more notes from Vedvati’s trip. The words and photos are hers except a few updated words for the blog format.

Sooo fantastic!! It is named Dry Falls which is crazy because these falls are definitely not dry. The Falls are near Franklin, North Carolina.

We walked behind the falls.

The photo below shows the rocks under the waterfall. See how they are a bit smoother than the rocks nearer the front in the video?

This reminded me so much of Amma, my spiritual teacher, and how she patiently smoothes away our rough edges.

Look at the water drops. When the water falls down, the drops look like the water is dancing! Sooo much fun!!

The river after/below the falls.

Driving on the mountain road after leaving the falls. Sooo wonderful!

Sunrise in Seattle 8/16/22

My friend Jagati sent me this photo, and gave me permission to post ít.

Kathmandu Monkeys

A friend sent photos of some monkeys that he saw in Kathmandu.

Massachusett’ s Beauty

Vedavati has been in the US to obtain her next visa so she can continue to live in India. While she has been here she has visited friends and family and seen a lot of the beauty the US has to offer.

As always this post contains photos taken by Vedavati. The words are hers although I (Karuna) may have done some editing of the text.

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This is the wildest thing I’ve seen in years… the plane’s shadow within a rainbow circle. This was on the way to Boston.

The video below shows the house and yard of one of my relatives. It is located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, north of Boston.

The photos in the section below were taken at Newburyport Harbor about 20 minutes from where I’m staying. I absolutely LOVE New England!

The canopy above where I’m sitting. It’s so beautiful.

The flowers below are from a lily garden at a friend of a relative’s house, north of Boston.

A “volunteer” off of another friend’s deck.

It’s a windy video taken from a relative’s red convertible (sooo fun!) But if the video is stopped, you can easily see that we are passing by an old cemetery. These are dotted all over Boston and the surrounding area. On one headstone from another cemetery was written “Here LYES. (name) died in 1776. There’s nothing like this in TX, i promise you. I LOVE New England!

Monkey Sighting: Ralph?

Vedavati returned from her trip to the US. She had gone there to get a new visa. Some time after she returned to Amritapuri she took a monkey photo. She thought it might be Ralph.

My son said he could identify Ralph only if he could see his hair from the front.

Status Report: Monkeys at Amritapuri, India

Jerry and Tom haven’t been seen since the last time I wrote about them. Will they ever come back? There is no way to know. We can only keep our eyes open and hope they will return. We can appreciate our time with them at Amritapuri or remember the feelings they gave us through the posts.

There was s new monkey in June. I thought Ralph would be a good name for him. My son also thought it was a good name but wanted the opportunity to see what the monkey thought about it first. Meanwhile, I noticed he refers to him as Ralph.